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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
Sun Nov 30, 2014, 11:39 PM Nov 2014

Hillary...here's how you could make it much,much easier on yourself in '16.

1)endorse a foreign policy that backs military intervention only as an EXTREME last resort, and never in the Arab/Muslim world.
2)admit that "free trade deals" solely benefit the rich, and promise not to sign any if elected. Push for a new trade policy that puts the needs of working people, the poor, people trying to preserve traditional cultures and the planet itself at the same priority level as short term rate of return for investors.
3)repudiate the punitive welfare bill of '96 and Glass/Steagall repeal.
4)Agree to let the Bush tax cuts die on your watch, no matter what.

None of those things are asking all that much. None would cost you votes, and most would gain you votes.

What have you got to lose?

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Hillary...here's how you could make it much,much easier on yourself in '16. (Original Post) Ken Burch Nov 2014 OP
What a great idea, Wellstone ruled Nov 2014 #1
That's sort of like arguing that the Taney Court ruined the idea of abolishing slavery Ken Burch Nov 2014 #2
What have you got to lose? Joe Turner Dec 2014 #3
I don't care what Hillary Clinton does. True Blue Door Dec 2014 #4
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
1. What a great idea,
Sun Nov 30, 2014, 11:44 PM
Nov 2014

it's a winner to back ideas of the 99%,but,ain't going to happen. The Roberts Court has ruined that idea.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
2. That's sort of like arguing that the Taney Court ruined the idea of abolishing slavery
Sun Nov 30, 2014, 11:48 PM
Nov 2014

with the Dred Scott decision.

Yes, the Court sucks, but that just means we need to find other ways to fight on.

 

Joe Turner

(930 posts)
3. What have you got to lose?
Mon Dec 1, 2014, 01:31 AM
Dec 2014

Oh I'd say a couple billion in corporate donations to her campaign war chest and endless smear attacks from donations from her republican corporate-owned opposition... sorry for the redundancy there.

True Blue Door

(2,969 posts)
4. I don't care what Hillary Clinton does.
Mon Dec 1, 2014, 01:33 AM
Dec 2014

She is an immoral person with bad ideas and profoundly selfish attitudes. As far as I am concerned, she is not in the running.

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